The research surveyed more than 1,000 marketing professionals across the globe for insights on budget, technology, and more. Brand experiences—from trade shows and sponsorships to virtual- or augmented-reality experiences and pop-ups—are an essential part of the marketing mix, and one in three chief marketing officers expect to spend as much a 50 percent of their budget on such experiences, according to new research from Freeman.The 2017 Freeman Global Brand Experience Study, which the company commissioned from research firm SSI, surveyed more than 1,000 marketing professionals from North America, Asia, and Western Europe.